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My ITV/C4 Freeview channels have disappeared - what can I do? Is it my SCART ca

My ITV/C4 Freeview channels have disappeared - what can I do? Is it my SCART cable?

My ITV/C4 Freeview channels have disappeared - what can I do?
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It is a feature of television signals that they can be effected by the weather. Aside from the obvious damaged that can be caused by wind or torrential rain, the onset of summer can cause a more intriguing problem called "inversion".

Basically, when the sun heats up the land, the hot air can get trapped below cold air at high level. This creates an "inversion layer" which acts like a polished mirror to TV signals. This causes two problems: you can receive both the original and a reflected signal from your own transmitter (on analogue TV this appears as "ghosting") or interference from TV transmitters that are normally too far distant.

The ITV/C4 multiplex of channels (ITV-1, ITV-2, ITV-3, ITV-4, CITV, C4, More4, E4, Quizcall) use a transmission "mode" called 64QAM, and it is sadly much more prone to these problems.

So, whilst a loft-mounted aerial will provide reception at some time, it will fail at others. The only real solution is to mount the aerial (or a new Class I aerial) outside on a pole, but some people report that changing the cable from the aerial to the set-top box to the high-grade satellite cable can also help.

The SCART connection, by the way, only carries a single TV picture, not the Freeview transmission multiplexes, so if this is disconnected it will result in degradation to every channel at once.



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Saturday, 10 September 2011
Teri
9:59 AM
Newton Abbot

Hi I will definately read all the following pointers and have printed them out to digest (not very technically minded!) over the weekend but they all seem to be about a problem regarding a signal to the house affecting all TV's. I have a Freeview TV downstairs which was great when I first got it last year but now I am getting problems with it(constantly breaking up all the time on all ITV/4/5 channels-but BBC channels are ok.) In my bedroom I have a Freeview Box which is ok? Outside aerial in TQ12 6YG.
Many thanks,
Teri

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Sunday, 11 September 2011
Teri
12:21 PM

Hi again, now ploughed thru all info and tried various options! Phew! No change! Only thing left is to check fuse in Booster which I will have to get looked at. Funny thing I noticed, don't know if it has and connection to problem but when I tried to do manual or auto tune it started at channel 21 to 68. I could not find channels 1 to 20? However, when it finished all channels there but still breaking up. Tried TV upstairs. Still breaking up on ITV channels but FV box didn't. Presume my TV is extra sensitive, make LOGIK? Any hints would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks ,
Teri

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Teri
2:19 PM

Right...! We have lift off! Discovered all channels missing were up in the 800's so did one final last re scan as per FAQ 1107051116 i.e. Unplugged TV and aerial, plugged TV in, auto scanned, then when empty, plugged aerial in and scanned again, all channels clear! Easy when u know how but would never have done it without the valuable info on this site! Cheers! Teri.

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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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Andrew
11:51 AM
Stone

I re-scanned on 21st September and received all the channels. I was v happy.

On Thursday pm/Friday am the ITV, Ch4 etc channels disappeared and I can't get them back! I have tried the recommendation of retuning with no aerial and trying again, but no luck. My post code is ST15 and the aerial I use points approx SE, like everyone else.

Any help/ideas appreciated

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jb38
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1:40 PM

Andrew: Try manually tuning in Mux Ch46, that being the ITV multiplex for Sutton Coldfield.

You might be best though to first of all blank out anything stored using the aerial out procedure, then after carrying out the manual tune on Ch46, storing as required, then just use the "add (or find) channels" to load the remainder back in.

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Saturday, 22 October 2011
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Steph Brown
11:57 PM

Hi,
We tried the freeview reset procedure after discovering we had no ITV1, Channel 4 or 5. After rescanning we gained some channels but still were missing channels (at least), channel numbers 3-6.
The freeview is via a freeview TV with an aerial outside.
What else can we try or who can we contact to rectify the problem?

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Monday, 24 October 2011
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Bill McGree
11:11 AM
Swindon

I live at SN25 1QN ..... I can get all the BBC channels but no ITV channels. I have gone through the reset procedure,checked all the cables....nothing!!!!
PLEASE HELP, PLEASE HELP...........I am 74 and need my telly!

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